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| Canto 7: The Science of God | Chapter 5: Prahlāda Mahārāja, the Saintly Son of Hiranyakaśipu |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.5.29
gurunaivam pratiprokto
kuto 'bhadrāsatī matih
SYNONYMS
śrī-nāradah uvāca — Nārada Muni said; gurunā — by the teacher; evam — thus; pratiproktah — being answered; bhūyah — again; āha — said; asurah — the great demon, Hiranyakaśipu; sutam — unto his son; na — not; cet — if; guru-mukhī — issued from the mouth of your teacher; iyam — this; te — your; kutah — from where; abhadra — O inauspicious one; asatī — very bad; matih — inclination.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Nārada Muni continued: When Hiranyakaśipu received this reply from the teacher, he again addressed his son Prahlāda. Hiranyakaśipu said: You rascal, most fallen of our family, if you have not received this education from your teachers, where have you gotten it?
PURPORT
Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Thākura explains that devotional service is actually bhadrā satī, not abhadra asatī. In other words, knowledge of devotional service can be neither inauspicious nor contrary to etiquette. To learn devotional service is the duty of everyone. Therefore the spontaneous education of Prahlāda Mahārāja is supported as auspicious and perfect.
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